Kristen Schilt, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Department of Sociology, MS-28
Rice University
6100 S. Main Street
Houston, TX 77005-1892

Office: SH 556
Tel. (713)348-4246
Fax (713)348-5296
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Curriculum Vitae: PDF

Courses:
Fall 2007: SOCI 311 Sociology of Deviant Behavior

Areas of Interest

  • Gender and Sexuality
  • Communal organization

Research Interests

  • Research Fellow for the "Organization Factors in the Early Detection of HIV." Supervised by Prof. Oscar Grusky. Summer 2005-Summer 2006. Tasks include: interviews.
  • Project Interviewer for the University of Minnesota American Mosaic Project, Summer 2004. Tasks include: Conducting in-depth interviews with targeted community leaders about American identity and the meaning of community.
  • Project Researcher for "Organizational Factors in the Early Detection of HIV," under the supervision of Prof. Oscar Grusky and Prof. Robert Emerson. August 2002-2003. Tasks include: participant observation, recording fieldnotes, preparing site reports, interviewing.

Biography

Dr. Schilt received her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California - Los Angeles in August 2006. Her dissertation, "Just One of the Guys? How Transmen Make Gender Visible in the Workplace," illustrated her profound interest in issues of Gender and Sexuality.

Over the years, Dr. Schilt has received numerous grants and awards, including several awards and nominations for awards honoring her ability as a teacher.

Recent Publications

  • Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
    •  “Just One of the Guys?: How Transmen Make Gender Visible in the Workplace.” Gender & Society. 20 (4) 2006, 465-490.
    • “AM/FM Activism: Taking National Tools to a Local Level.” Gay and Lesbian Journal of Social Services.16 (3/4) 2004, 181-192
    • “‘I’ll Resist with Every Inch and Every Breath’: Girls and Zine-Making as a Form of Resistance.” Youth and Society. 35 (1) 2003, 71-97.
    • “ ‘A Little Too Ironic’: The Appropriation and Packaging of Radical Feminism by the New Angry Women in Rock.” Popular Music and Society. 26 (1) 2003, 5-19.
  • Chapters in Edited Volumes
    • "Is She Man Enough? Female Masculinity on The L Word." In Reading the L Word: Outing Contemporary Television. Ed. Kim Akass and Janet McCabe. New York: Palgrove, 153-179. (Co-authored with Candace Moore).
    • "'The Punk-White Privilege Scene': The Construction of Whiteness in Riot Grrrl Zines." Different Wavelengths: Studies of the Contemporary Women's Movement. Ed. Jo Reger. New York: Routledge, 2005. p.39-56.
    • "Riot Grrrl Is: Contestations over Meaning in a Music Scene." In Music Scenes: Local, Translocal and Virtual. Ed. Andy Bennett and Richard Peterson. Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt Press. 2004. p. 115-130.
    • "Queens of the Damned: Women and Girls' Participation in Two Gothic Subcultures." Forthcoming in untitled compilation on subcultures. Ed. Lauren Goodlad and Michael Bibby. Duke University Press.